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- A solar oven for the production of steel and cementUS clean energy company Heliogen developed a commercial method to concentrate solar energy to exceed temperatures greater than 1,000 degrees Celsius, potentially replacing the…
- Wooden and glass Seine Musicale powered by moving solar sailShigeru Ban is perhaps best known for his use of paper and cardboard in architecture, but he is also not averse to using wood.…
- Material Xperience 2017 exhibits transparent solar panels LumiductThe Lumiduct transparent solar panels are one of the special items exhibited at Material Xperience 2017. Lumiduct enables transparent glass façades to generate more…
- Wattway: a solar road to clean energy in NormandyAn average road is used only about ten per cent of the time, which means that ninety per cent of the time, it is…
- Modern Stained Glass Generates Solar Electricity While Charging Your PhonePowered by the sun, Current Window is a modern version of stained glass that can charge your phone and electronic devices. Beauty meets clean…
- Transparent Solar Cells Move Closer To Commercial RealityResearchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have achieved a record light utilisation efficiency (LUE) of 6.05% with semi-transparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs). This milestone brings…
- Fastned’s Solar Trees: Nature-Inspired Infrastructure for EV ChargingFastned’s Solar Trees redefine the electric vehicle (EV) charging experience by combining functionality with nature-inspired architecture. Each station features a timber structure with a…
- A solar charged car with moss interiorGerman car company Sono Motors recently revealed the first images of the interior of their solar charged Sion car, which includes a natural air…
- Solar and wind energy generated by fabricCharging your phone because the wind makes your curtains move, generating electricity. Today, it is possible. Not one, but two separate research groups have…
- Solar-Powered Refrigerator Uses Bacterial Cellulose InsulationXero Cool is an experimental refrigerator that combines solar-powered cooling with insulation made from bacterial cellulose xerogel. Developed by designer Audrey Levy during her…
- After solar panels, now rain panels?A team of researchers developed an alternative to the solar panel, which harvests energy from raindrops. Water is already used in the energy transition…
- Increasing solar panel efficiency with algaeSwedish company Swedish Algae Factory developed a method to use the silica shells of diatom algae, which can enhance the efficiency of solar panels.…
- Solar charged jacket glows in the dark like kryptoniteWhether you like to jog, hike, cycle or climb, being visible in the dark helps you stay safe. Light colours or reflective materials can…
- Source: solar panels that extract water from the airAccess to clean drinking water seems to be a privilege rather than a right. Deserts are expanding and draughts are happening because of climate…
- Turning CO₂ into Solar Fuels: New Material Breakthroughs with Design PotentialResearchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), working with Stanford University, Antwerp University and Hasselt University, have achieved an important step in the development…
- Solar steam generation system produces clean water from salt waterResearchers at Monash University in Australia developed a solar powered steam generation system that produces clean water from salty water with almost 100 per…
- New solar cells could make use of fungi-produced pigmentResearchers at Oregon State University are working with a highly durable organic pigment called xylidein derived from wood-eating fungi, as an alternative to silicon…
- A bicycle path made of solar panelsIn a collaboration with various Dutch institutions, the French company Wattway equipped two cycle paths with a photovoltaic coating in the Netherlands. In the…
- Solar Balloons Harvest Energy Above the CloudsElectro-chemist Jean-Francois Guillemoles is looking above the clouds with his concept for floating solar balloons. The invention, which would be able to store energy as well…
- Solar Cells As Light As A Soap BubbleMIT has recently announced a new generation of solar cells so thin, flexible and lightweight that they can be used on almost any material…
- Solar-powered nano-coating could defrost car windowsResearchers at ETH Zurich developed a solar-powered nano-coating made from gold and titanium-oxide, that could help defrost windows. Defrosting one’s car windows is something…
- Urea-based battery could be inexpensive storage solution for solar powerSolar cells only work during the day, when the sun shines. While solar cells become better and better, and some can even generate power…
